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Censorship is stifling Australia's artistic freedom of expressionhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/14/art-censorship-freedom-expression-australia
Challenging Australian artworks are being attacked and censored. If we are only permitted to view 'correct' works then art's primary function is destroyed<p>It seems ironic that within a Melbourne exhibition examining <a href="http://www.lindenarts.org/media.aspx">the legacy of the late, radical Australian artist Mike Brown</a>, it was a new work of art that should have been <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/st-kilda-arts-censorship-police">found offensive and removed by police</a>. The Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts has not defended artist Paul Yore, or the works in question. Instead, it immediately closed the gallery with no explanation, effectively also censoring the work of the other artists exhibiting. Its position seems a stark reminder that freedom of expression, which artists should be able to take for granted in any democratic country, is steadily being eroded in Australia.</p><p>Art can only mirror the culture which produced it. It shows us all of the positive aspects of humanity, but it is also the duty of art to examine the uncomfortable, dark stuff. Sometimes art will be troubling, but then so too will the society it is depicting. Intelligent, rational viewers of art acknowledge that while a work may sometimes challenge us or we may not agree with the artist’s point of view, a different perspective might be equally valid.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/14/art-censorship-freedom-expression-australia">Continue reading...</a>ArtCultureCensorshipThu, 13 Jun 2013 23:39:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/14/art-censorship-freedom-expression-australiaPhotograph: Lyndal May Stewart./Lyndal May StewartProtest at the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts in St Kilda which has been closed since police raid Photograph: Lyndal May Stewart./Lyndal May StewartPhotograph: Lyndal May Stewart./Lyndal May StewartProtest at the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts in St Kilda which has been closed since police raid Photograph: Lyndal May Stewart./Lyndal May StewartSteve Cox2013-06-13T23:39:31Z